The food crisis in East Africa hit the headlines over the summer. Resources were mobilised around the world to support communities in need as drought in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia put millions of people in peril. Val Morgan of SCIAF (Caritas Scotland) reports from southern Ethiopia that although the news attention may have moved on, ...
By Martina Liebsch, Caritas Internationalis Policy Director I listened to Didi Bridgewater, walked past Claudia Cardinale, stood next to Jeremy Irons, saw Carl Lewis and took the elevator with Carla Fracci. What do you want more for a day? But where is the connection to food? All these celebrities are good-will ambassadors for the UN’s ...
Torrential rains across Central America have caused deadly flooding in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Caritas teams are reporting that many roads and bridges have been destroyed, making it more difficult to reach survivors. Caritas El Salvador Director of Communications Ilse Marlene Vallecillos says that 12 out of 14 departments have been severely affected by ...
Caritas Internationalis and its HAART for Children campaign is playing a key role in the UNAIDS “Global Plan Towards The Elimination Of New HIV Infections Among Children By 2015 And Keeping Their Mothers Alive”. HAART is an acronym for “High Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment”. In 2009, Caritas Internationalis launched its “HAART for Children Campaign” in order ...
By Adriana Arrieta Peace remains elusive in Colombia. Over 45 years of civil war has forced one in ten people from their homes today. Every day a Colombian is stripped of his belongings, his home or his life. His dreams, desires, and hopes are stolen. Many are forced to migrate to another city in which ...
Monsoon rains and typhoons have inundated large areas of Asia, particularly in the Philippines, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Thousands of people have fled their homes; others are living on roofs. Caritas teams are distributing aid and helping families recover when their homes are damaged and their crops swept away. Caritas Philippines (locally called NASSA) is ...
By Val Morgan, Media Officer for SCIAF On some days in the field, I almost despair. It was a red-hot morning and we drove two hours to see a cattle feeding centre and destocking programme in Miyo, a village in southern Ethiopia. The more we drove the drier the landscape became until eventually it was ...
Enormous catastrophe, enormous response Meet the people who endured Japan’s worst tsunami in centuries, learn their stories, and find out how your gifts are helping them. Read more… Photo gallery: Volunteers in action Thousands of Caritas Japan volunteers are cleaning up debris and caring for tsunami victims. View gallery… Interview: Bishop Isao Kikuchi and a ‘spirit of sharing’ ...
The tsunami struck your hometown. Can you talk about how you felt when you saw that? When on TV I saw the wave hit the town centre of Miyako, where I was born, it was incredible. As children, we were taught that there’s a possibility of tsunamis, and there were often tsunami warnings. When I ...
“I saw the water rising, and then the huge wave. Then the sea and the land were covered with fire—the whole city was on fire.” The words aren’t out of Revelations. Masato Sakamoto, a resident of Kesennumma on Japan’s east coast, is describing the events of 11 March 2011. “While it was burning, at sunset, ...